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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-10-14, Page 10need we a le Inn. tel as called os, I goofed. In teat week's edition in the coin= one item _- have read Miss ere Merner, Miss Joyce Ilwain and "Miss Cathy visited with Mr. and Mrs. NOM Vailiere, DeeDee and ad. Sorry about that Cathy. e recent years the tan owned by three Ruth Hannan, Ruth orris and the present owner: Miss Ruth Wallace who .is now running it with dignity and grace. keeping the tradition of excellent meals in lovely surroundings. lis Ruth Wallace unveiled the plaque. The officials and the crowd now moved up the street to the Albion Hotel. Here Mrs. Alona Bassett, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh occer club ends season The Hayfield minor soccer club lust completed its second succesaf U i year and celebrated with a party at the anderosa in London, which -viras attended by 17 boys. Presentations of–trophies were made with Andrew Couper receiving the trophy for being the most valuable player, and Wayne Gale for the most improved player. Michael Telford received the trophy _.for the player of the Bayfield tram to play for the Huron . Minor All Stars at Detroit which was a great achievement. A "well done!" from all the Bayfield boys, Mike. The Bayfield team did not win many games this year but they won many friends;.' The team says thank you to the Bayfield Lions Club for their 375. donation which 4e. ailn V istorical Society Was pl with the interest !IWO and the large numl of people who came* it Was ; { beautiful day ant and made one thaenkful for the heritage;, handed to us. Cake and cider were served, at the Municipal Buliding b the Historical Society. bought many uniforms. A special thank you to Mrs. Barbara Telford for her support and help throughout the season. We hope to have another successful year in 1977. The boys in the team presented their coach, with the gift of a wallet in ap- preciation for his acting as their coach. Thank you very much boys, from your coach Fred Gale. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gale deserve a vote of thanks from the parents and the com munity,not just for the coaching of the game but for their kindness, understanding and patience which they have 'a; ' 11 -. The first meeting -was held the home of Mrs. Joan at Merner, Wednesday Oaber 6 at 7 p.m. The new officers for the year are: president, Wendy Penhale; vice- president, Karen Erb; and press reporter, Julie Roberts. We had :tee new member Kathy Talbot. The roll call was —"A cereal product I have never eaten but would like to try." Some answers were Harvest Crunch and Wheat a Bix. At this meeting fry -pan cookies were made, which contain egg, brown sugar. dates, vanilla, salt,(crisp ready to eat) cereal and coconut or chopped nuts. This recipe was found in the members pamphlet and was used for Club activity. At the close of the meeting we all sat down and enjoyed fry -pan cookies and milk. It was very good. given these boys. So let's get The next meeting will be at behind them next ---year and Mrs. Joan Merner's at 7 p.m. attend the games these kids Wednesday October 13. By work so hard at. Julie Roberts. Village social, personal notes Tom ' Hill, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill, is at- tending Lambton College in - la to becotare an elec- tron ic technician. Miss Sharon White and Miss Sharon Morse from Mississauga visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gale and sons at the Tank and Tummy Restaurant on the weekend. The two girls have just returned from Banff, Alberta where they spent the summer months, along with Beverley Gale, only daughter of Mr and Mrs.. Gale, who is going to stay there for the winter. Beverley sent greetings to her parents and brothers with her friends. Guests with Mrs. G.L. Knight over the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Knight, Sandra and Kathryn of Leaside; Mr. and Mrs. Art Latimer acid Christine of Weston; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Latimer of Downsview, and Mr. Gil Latimer and his fiance, Helen Yates also of Weston. Capt. end Mrs. Steve Dillenbeck, Sandra and Darren of Ottawa spen##, the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Doug Talbot, Debbie, Wendy and Lisa. They also called on Mr. Ray Schell and Mr. and Mrs. Norm Talbot. Mr.. and Mrs.Dillenbeck lived in Bayfield a few years ago while he was stationed at the Armed Forces Base at Clinton_ They very much enioved visiting the various interests in the village, noticed the changes and look forward to visiting again. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Work- man of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. Norm Talbot one day last week. The Bayfield Lioness Club would like to thank all those people who so kindly donated to the Arthritic Society. and also the Clinton News -Record for their advertising. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Caster, Lansing, Michigan were guests with Mr. and Mrs. Norm Talbot for the holiday weekend. Visiting in the same home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. David Talbot, Lea Anne and Christopher from London. posed for their picture with coach Fred Gale. Although Tite��l�ttyfleftf Soccer Club recently the club didn't win many games, the boys made many friends and learned a good deal about sportsmanship. The Little but In Bayfield was recognized as a historical site at a special unveiling ceremony In the village last Sunday- afternoon. Miss Ruth Wallace, Janet t Talb eent owner of the Inn, un�Yelled the plaque. (photo_ Y Airforce (The following paper was delivered by Mrs. Rob Blair at a recent meeting of the Bayfield Historical Society. and details the beginnings of RCAF Station Clinton.) By Mrs. Rob Blair the Pa -,iF► nesda ' evoalrng rere 21 girls e out in the wet r for, the meeting, to Brownie sixes was. oared and they are as glows: "Gnomes Sia - cbyle Siertsema sixer and .,.�..ptist u�r news The Thanksgiving service was held in Bayfield . Baptist Church on Sunday with the Pastor, Rev. Brian Harrison as speaker. He took his text from II Corinthians, 9, verse 15. Thanks be to God for His unspeakable ,gift: He said there is only one thing that everyone euer,3rwhere could give thanks -for right now, except the Salvation provided for every one who will accept Christ as their personal Saviour. Instead of their regular meeting Friday night, the Bayfield Baptist Young People went to Goderich to the Evangelical meeting held in Calvary Baptist Church. !coat Talton sec' �. Lisa TO and Barbara. seconder; "'Elves' Smith sixer and Jane Sturgeon seconder; and. the "Fairies" Lisa Telford slicer and Lisa Taman seconder. Lisa Talbot. Ann ',math and Darlene Smith were absent. We had many new Tweenies and they are Julie Porter, Melanie VanPatter, Julie Boyce, Allison Donn. Roxanne Martin, Julie Rit- chie.. Colleen Cluff, Mary Ellen Van Aaken, Gayle Dunn, and Peggy Van Wanderan. Tracy Fancher was fairy queen. In our work session, we cut out and made up on wallpaper sample pictures of ourselves, our family, our pets, and our favourite food. We were all given Brownie calendars to sell in the next week. The cost is 75 cents each and a little bit 0 111 A AS NYE NEP AIL TYPES BE A REGULA BLOOD DONOR this money we. e BBrownie. The Brown leader Brown Pentode and Ta Charlene Porter c; meeting with our Song. Bayfield 4 The "Bionic Barleys" met for their second meeting en Tuesday October 5 at the home of Mrs. Ann Chapman in Bayfield. Eight , iernbers were present and answered the roll call. A discussion of the struc- ture and food value of cereal grains was led by Mrs. Phoenix. We also discussed the difference between whole grain and refined cereals. Mrs. Chapman" -demon,- strated the correct procedure for making cooked cereal. She cooked Vita B Cereal and we all tasted it. Patti Greer and Joanne Chapman worked together making Dagwoods and onion rice. They were served awing with a drink of apple cider. Diane Garrett and Cheryl Dunn • helped with the cleaning up and we ended our meeting with the 4-H motto Learn to do by doing" by Sherri Phoenix. a base was once international secret Meanwhile, Britain's manpower resources were very limited, and,early in 1941. the Air Miistry an- nounced that recruiting for. radio mechanics had almost ceased in Britain. An urgent message was sent to Canada requesting 1.000 radio In Nov. 1940, at the school of mechanics by the end of the Anti-aircraft Defence. year. Wireless Wing, Halifax, a In addition. the Air group known as the First Ministry felt that scarce Canadian Radio Establi 1 4,,,dar eq u ment kr training theiiti. teOatiting"of person ,,Ouuld`only' a safe° n Canada, R �T��` � ItM/` from:C.Sias, the Roya away from the German Canadian Artillery. plus 23 bombing. Consequently it was from the R . C .A .F . Were deci1ed to build a radar taking a three month course training school in Canada. on equipment, including the The school had to be located AA MK I Anti-aircraft radar. near a large body of water to In Jan. 1941. the 23 newly simulate coastal conditions. commission -ed . R . C . A . F . since the first use of radar officers. complete with was to protect the English spanking new uniforms. were coastline. Eventually, a sent to England. They arrived location about two miles at Yatesbury to find them- south of Clinton, Ont. and selves the 13th class of approximately ten miles "Special Signals" in the from Lake Huron with its Royal Air Force. and the first high shoreline bluffs was class of other than RAF selected as being most suited personnel. One of the 23, F -O to requirements. C.B. Limbrick (Group With the approval of all Captain deceased) was later necessary governmental sent back to Canada to help levels in London and Ottawa, set up No. 31, RAF Radio events moved swiftly. The School, Clinton. Deputy Minister in the UK, G- On the first day of the C T.F. Lang (deceased) course, the 23 Canadians became the producer of were let into the secret of the Training Plan No. 1 for new weapons RDF. later Clinton. In March 1941 G -L known as Radar. The training Lang summoned W -C Adrian was strictly technical. HWF Cocks, Deputy Director Security was so strict that the of Signals. a title which at students lived by themselves. that time embraced all radar off the main camp, and were activities in the RAF, to driven in vans past the guard proceed to Canada to at the main gate to the centre start a radar school. S -L Basil of the camp, where they Davis. an electrical engineer, passed through another accompanied them and guarded area into a barbed completed the advance party, wire enclosure which kept out arriving in Clinton in April. personnel from the main S -L Davis was given camp. All notebooks were responsibility for Works locked pp in a safe in the assortment of classroom at night. Only two Directorate plans for the of the students had any radar buildings and towers. practical experience in Prior to leaving England, W - electronics, although many C Cocks obtained the services were electrical engineers. of S -L John Martin from After an intensive eight-week V atesbury. S -L Martin was course, they were sent out as given a copy of the Training commanding officers to units establishment and was left to ' all over the British Isles. get "Bodies and Boxes" together. for a trip to Canada. and equipment for the new As an interesting aside. W- school. Feverish preparation C Cocks' passport photo was got underway in England. In taken in civilian clothes, so southern England. precious that he could be described as equipment was being Mr. Cocks, Government assembled. and training aids employee, a factor which were being constructed by F - later enabled him to visit official Farther rick and aNCO. United States onnorth the 36aDfoot business. towers were being assem- Starting in April 1941. 450 bled. construction men worked Backini CanNewda. the local fverishly to prepare the Cl was camp ..4p. accom mgdaate, suggesting the construction of personnel scheduled to arrive a flying school, while in in July. Meanwhile in Britain England. the news leaked out on May 19, the officer- that the radar contingent instructors of the new school, were going to Africa and advertised as located tropical kits were actually "somewhere Air Ministry , loaded. and the first ll gathered at the Y con - in London. There they met S- tingent, some 250 strong, t Martin who became the including a fair sprinkling of Chief instructor at No. 31 Canadians sailed. without RAF Radio School, and were escort. to Halifax. On board given details of their task. was nearly all the invaluable The interval between May and irreplaceable radar air 19 and the scheduled em- and ground -equipment. barkation date in July was From Halifax. they occupied in organizing' men travelled to Clinton by railroad flat car and five dated "colonist" cars. It was a long trip. as the special train crawled along. While it was undoubtedly un- comfortable for those riding $ in the old "colonist" cars. one can only imagine the discomfort of the armed guards riding on top of the flat cars. However. people and equipment arrived safely at No. 31 RAF Radio School Clinton on the evening of July 20, 1941. The sight that greeted the travellers next morning must have been somewhat discouraging: buildings in alb stages of . construction. no roads. just oat fields and lots of mud. Although some 20 buildings had been com- " pteted, the first billets were tents. pitched in what later became Adastral Park. the PMQ area_ The equipment from England was uncrated and continued on page 12 1 1 1 BAYFIELD MEAT MARKET 1 1 l i I 1 1 1 1 • PHONE 565-2160 Sides of BEEF Fumy Processed 8-6 co HOME OF QUALITY MEATS PROFESSIONALLY PREPARED NOW EQUIPPED TO DO KILLING AND PROCESSING CUSTOM WILL MAKE PICKUPS STORE HOURS: ClosedThurs. Sun n s mon. 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